by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Agenda 21, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The legislation that was passed by Congress this week to resolve avert the “fiscal cliff” included a long-sought increase in the tax benefits that are given to people who use public transportation systems to get to work Transportation advocates had pushed...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and budget score. Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan....
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The estimate of insured losses from Sandy comes in around $20 billion—but the total aid package proposed is three times that amount. Roughly $28 billion of the request is marked for future disaster-mitigation projects. Some Head Start centers may need repairs from...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The president, the House speaker, the Senate majority and minority leaders and, for that matter, Mitt Romney all have done the nation a major disservice by focusing almost exclusively on taxes for the top 1 percent or 2 percent of income earners for the past six...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Every Republican and Democrat who represents Pennsylvania in the U.S. House or Senate this week voted in favor of a deal to avert the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ The package allows Bush-era tax cuts to expire for individuals making more than $400,000 and families making...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called it “a happy start to a new year.” That probably tells you all you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal that passed the House last night. The bill—which President Obama has promised to sign, though he took off for Hawaii...
